President Trump on Thursday said he will award the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor, to Charlie Kirk, the 31-year-old conservative activist who was shot to death during a Wednesday event in Utah.
Law enforcement officials on Thursday said the assassin who killed Charlie Kirk is believed to be college-aged, and that investigators recovered a weapon potentially used to shoot the conservative activist during his speaking event at Utah Valley University a day earlier.
Revisions to the jobs report issued by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) are at the center of a political firestorm after President Trump fired the agency’s head earlier this month. The agency’s most recent report revised down employment numbers for May and June by a whopping 258,000 jobs, drawing accusations by the president and...
The 2024 eagle permitting regulation does not contribute to the conservation of eagles, but rather authorizes, without any consequence, wind energy projects to kill eagles.
President Trump’s first-term ambassador to NATO, Kay Bailey Hutchison, warned on Sunday that Chinese President Xi Jinping “is watching” President Trump’s approach to negotiations between Russia and Ukraine. In an interview on NewsNation’s “The Hill Sunday,” Hutchison said if the West appears weak against Russia — and if Russia doesn’t face adequate repercussions for starting...
General Motors, a cornerstone of American industry, is suffering the consequences of President Trump’s unconstitutional 25 percent tariffs on imported vehicles and auto parts.
Rep. Adam Smith (D-Wash.), the ranking Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee, said he was very disappointed by the summit between President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska on Friday. In an interview on NewsNation’s “The Hill Sunday,” Smith criticized the U.S. president for appearing to emerge from his meeting more aligned...
Former Vice President Mike Pence said on Sunday he “fully” supports President Trump’s approach to combating crime in Washington, D.C., through his recent crackdown on the nation's capital. “I welcome his decision to deploy the National Guard and essentially federalize the D.C. Police Department. I know that it's all now working in a very cooperative...
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said there wouldn't be a peace agreement between Ukraine and Russia "unless both sides make concessions." During an appearance on ABC's "This Week" on Sunday, host Martha Raddatz asked whether Rubio could name any concessions Russian President Vladimir Putin made during his meeting with President Trump in Alaska on Friday,...
President Trump's pick to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) is breaking the mold of his predecessors and causing alarm among economists of all stripes. Commissioners of the BLS are usually academics or career civil servants with decades of experience in statistics and economics. But E.J. Antoni, whom Trump nominated to lead the agency...
Former Vice President Mike Pence on Sunday praised President Trump for “not giving up on Ukraine,” even as Trump's first-term vice president said he would have liked to see a ceasefire come out of the Friday Alaska summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin. “I think he deserves credit as leader of the free world for...
Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Sunday said the "best way" to end the war between Russia and Ukraine is through "a full peace deal," but clarified that a ceasefire is "not off the table." During an appearance on NBC's "Meet the Press," host Kristen Welker asked Rubio about President Trump's past threats of “severe consequences”...
Given a choice between candidly assessing the results of his policies and political expediency, the former Washington state governor routinely chose politics.
U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff said on Sunday that Russia-Ukraine land swaps are the “fundamental issue” that will be discussed at the White House meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday. In an interview on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Witkoff said land swaps will be the key discussion point on Monday when Zelensky...
U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff said on Sunday that President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed to “robust” security guarantees, including "effectively" offering Ukraine Article Five-like protection, during their historic Friday meeting. “We agreed to robust security guarantees that I would describe as game-changing,” Witkoff said in an interview on CNN’s “State of the...
